This application claims the benefit of Taiwan application Serial No. 106116641, filed May 19, 2017, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Field of the Invention
The invention relates in general to an image capturing method and an image capturing device using the same, and more particularly to an image capturing method capable of arranging a plurality of region images and an image capturing device using the same.
Description of the Related Art
A conventional image capturing device, such as a photocopier, can capture an image of a paper sheet. Let the paper sheet be exemplified by a leaflet. Since the leaflet is a paper sheet folded into a plurality of regions, the regions on a single side normally are not arranged according to a reading order. Therefore, after a paper sheet image of a paper sheet is captured, the region images of the single side are not arranged according to a reading order either, and the paper sheet image would become difficult to read. Therefore, it has become a prominent task for the industries to provide an image capturing technology to resolve the above problems.
The invention is directed to an image capturing method and an image capturing device using the same capable of resolving the generally known problems.
According to one embodiment of the invention, an image capturing method is provided. The image capturing method includes the following steps: receiving a paper sheet having a plurality of regions by an image capturing device; providing a user interface by the image capturing device; setting an arrangement regulation of the regions in response to an operation of a user to the user interface; capturing a plurality of region images of the regions of the paper sheet by the image capturing device; and arranging the region images by the image capturing device according to the arrangement regulation.
According to another embodiment of the invention, an image capturing device for receiving a paper sheet having a plurality of regions is provided. The image capturing device includes an image capturing module, a user interface and a processing unit. The processing unit is operated for: setting an arrangement regulation of the regions in response to an operation of a user to the user interface; controlling the image capturing module to capture a plurality of region images of the regions of the paper sheet; and, arranging the region images according to the arrangement regulation.
According to an alternate embodiment of the invention, an image capturing method is provided. The image capturing method includes the following steps: receiving a paper sheet having a plurality of regions by an image capturing device, wherein a fold mark is formed between every two adjacent regions; capturing a paper sheet image of the paper sheet by the image capturing device, wherein the paper sheet image has a plurality of fold mark images corresponding to the fold mark and a plurality of region images corresponding to the regions; dividing the paper sheet image into a plurality of region images by the image capturing device according to the fold mark images; setting an arrangement regulation of the region images; and arranging the region images according to the arrangement regulation.
According to another alternate embodiment of the invention, an image capturing device is provided. The image capturing device is for receiving a paper sheet having a plurality of regions, wherein a fold mark is formed between every two adjacent regions. The image capturing device includes an image capturing module, a user interface and a processing unit. The processing unit is operated for: controlling the image capturing module to capture a paper sheet image of the paper sheet, wherein the paper sheet image has a plurality of fold mark images corresponding to the fold mark and a plurality of region images corresponding to the regions; dividing the paper sheet image into a plurality of region images according to the fold mark images; setting an arrangement regulation of the region images; and arranging the region images according to the arrangement regulation.
The above and other aspects of the invention will become better understood with regard to the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiment (s). The following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In step S110, reference to
As indicated in
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The paper sheet P1 has a plurality of regions located on the first side P11 and the second side P12 of the paper sheet P1. For example, the paper sheet P1 is a three-fold paper sheet having six regions including three first sub-regions R1, a first sub-region R5, a first sub-region R6, three second sub-regions R2, a second sub-region R3 and a second sub-region R4, wherein the first sub-regions R1, the first sub-region R5 and the first sub-region R6 are located on the first side P11; and the second sub-regions R2, the second sub-region R3 and the second sub-region R4 are located on the second side P12. In another embodiment, the paper sheet P1 can be a two-fold paper sheet, a four-fold paper sheet, or a paper sheet having other quantity of folds.
The display content in each region of the paper sheet P1 can be different from one another. The regions of the paper sheet P1 have specific arrangement relationships, such as the reading order or the connection order of patterns and/or texts. Depending on the purpose of the paper sheet P1, a plurality of regions of different paper sheets P1 may have different orders, and a plurality of continuous regions on the same side do not necessarily form a continuous reading order. As indicated in
In step S120, reference to
The user interface U1 may provide (such as display) a number of different division modalities. For example, the first division modality C1 represents that each page has three regions, and the second division modality C2 represents that each page has two regions. In other embodiments, the user interface U1 may provide more than two division modalities. The user may select a corresponding division modality through the user interface U1 according to the modality of the paper sheet P1. In the present embodiment, each page of the paper sheet P1 having three regions corresponds to the first division modality C1, so the user may select the first division modality C1 through the user interface U1.
The first division modality C1 includes a first frame C11, a plurality of first sub-frames C12, a second frame C13 and a plurality of second sub-frames C14, wherein the first sub-frames C12 are located within the first frame C11; the second sub-frames C14 are located within the second frame C13; the first sub-frames C12 and the first sub-regions of the paper sheet P1 form a correspondence relationship; the second sub-frames C14 and the second sub-regions of the paper sheet P1 form a correspondence relationship. For example, the arrangement relationship of the first sub-frames C12 in the first frame C11 is identical or similar to the arrangement relationship of the first sub-regions (such as the first sub-regions R1, the first sub-region R5 and the first sub-region R6) of the first side P11 of the paper sheet P1; the arrangement relationship of the second sub-frames C14 in the second frame C13 is identical or similar to the arrangement relationship of the second sub-regions (such as the second sub-regions R2, the second sub-region R3 and the second sub-region R4) of the second side P12.
In step S130, reference to
In step S140, the image capturing module 120 capture a plurality of region images of the regions of the paper sheet P1. For example, the image capturing module 120 scans the first sub-region R1, the second sub-region R2, the second sub-region R3, the second sub-region R4, the first sub-region R5 and the first sub-region R6 to capture the first sub-region image M1, the second sub-region image M2, the second sub-region image M3, the second sub-region image M4, the first sub-region image M5 and the first sub-region image M6, respectively. The image capturing module 120 a plurality of region images of a plurality of regions of the paper sheet P1 in different ways at one or more than one time.
In an embodiment, the image capturing device 100 may capture a plurality of region images of a paper sheet P1 by way of equal division. Referring to
According to equal division, the length of one side (such as a long side or a short side) of the first side image MP1 is divided into several segments, such that the first side image MP1 can be divided into a plurality of first sub-region images. The equal division of a plurality of second sub-region images of the second side image MP2 is similar to that of a plurality of first sub-region images of the first side image MP1, and the similarities are not repeated here. The “one side of the first side image MP1” disclosed above can be one side parallel to or perpendicular to the feed direction of paper sheets, and can be set through the user interface U1 or can be a system default setting. The feed direction is the direction in which the paper sheet P1 on the automatic feeder is fed to the image capturing device 100.
In step S150, reference to
Then, the user may decide how to process the region images arranged in order according to the arrangement regulation. For example. The user may decide to print the region images on the single side or double sides of one or more than one paper sheet. Also, the region images arranged in order can be stored in one or more than one electronic file.
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In step S110 as indicated in
In step S120, reference to
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N=(n+1)/2 (1)
Based on formula (1), the user interface U1 provides a division modality C3 including a first frame C11, a plurality of first sub-frames C12, a second frame C13 and a plurality of second sub-frames C14 as indicated in
Then, in step S130 as indicated in
For example as indicated in
In another embodiment, the user may input a numeric value different from 5, such as smaller than 5 or larger than 5, to the numeric field V1 provided by the user interface U1 as indicated in
Step S150 of the present embodiment is similar to its corresponding step S150 of
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In step S210 as indicated in
In step S220 as indicated in
In step S230 as indicated in
In step S240, the processing unit 110 sets an arrangement regulation of the region images M1˜M6. For example, each of the regions R1˜R6 of the paper sheet P1 has a page number, therefore each of the corresponding region images M1˜M6 also has a page number image. The processing unit 110 can analyze the page number images to determine the arrangement regulation of the region images M1˜M6. In another embodiment, the processing unit 110 may determine the arrangement regulation of the region images M1˜M6 using the method disclosed in step S130 (that is, through the user interface U1). In other embodiments, the user interface U1 may provide a numeric field (similar to the numeric field V1 of
In step S250 as indicated in
Then, the user may decide how to process the region images arranged according to the arrangement regulation. For example, the user may decide to print the region images on the single side or double sides of one or more than one paper sheet. Also, the region images arranged in order can be stored in one or more than one electronic file.
While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiment (s), it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modification and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modification and similar arrangements and procedures.
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